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Amend CSSB 58 as follows:                                                    
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the proposed subchapter 
heading to proposed Subchapter J, Chapter 264, Family Code (Senate 
committee printing, page 1, line 16), between "PLACEMENT" AND 
"PROGRAM", insert "PILOT".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Section 
264.802, Family Code (Senate committee printing, page 1, lines 30 
through 41), and substitute the following:
	Sec. 264.802.  RELATIVE CAREGIVER PLACEMENT PILOT PROGRAM.  
(a)  The department shall use available funds to develop and 
administer a pilot program for one year to:
		(1)  promote placing children for whom the department 
is appointed managing conservator with relative caregivers; and
		(2)  facilitate relative caregiver placements by 
providing assistance and services to those caregivers in accordance 
with this subchapter.
	(b)  The department shall develop policies necessary to 
implement this subchapter and the pilot program under this 
subchapter using available funds.  The policies must include 
eligibility criteria for receiving assistance and services under 
this subchapter.
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 264.804, 
Family Code (Senate committee printing, page 1, line 47), strike 
"Subject to available funds, the" and substitute "The".
	(4)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Subdivisions 
(5), (6), and (7), Section 264.804, Family Code (Senate committee 
printing, page 2, lines 3 through 14) and substitute the following:
		(5)  if the caregiver and the child meet applicable 
eligibility criteria determined by the department, reimbursement 
of all child-care expenses incurred for the child while the 
department is the child's managing conservator;
		(6)  if the caregiver and the child meet applicable 
eligibility criteria determined by the department, reimbursement 
of 50 percent of child-care expenses incurred after the caregiver 
is appointed permanent managing conservator of the child; and
		(7)  reimbursement of other expenses, as determined by 
the department, not to exceed $500 per year for each group of 
related children.
	(5)  In SECTION 2 of the bill (Senate committee printing, 
page 2, line 24), strike "adopt rules" and substitute "develop 
policies".
	(6)  In SECTION 2 of the bill (Senate committee printing, 
page 2, lines 25 through 26), strike "relative caregiver placement 
program" and substitute "relative caregiver placement pilot 
program".
	(7)  Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (Senate committee printing, 
page 2, lines 28 through 40), and substitute the following:
	SECTION 3.  (a)  Not later than March 1, 2004, the Department 
of Protective and Regulatory Services shall implement the relative 
caregiver placement pilot program in accordance with Subchapter J, 
Chapter 264, Family Code, as added by this Act, in one 
administrative region designated by the department.
	(b)  The Department of Protective and Regulatory Services 
shall evaluate the relative caregiver placement pilot program 
implemented in accordance with Subchapter J, Chapter 264, Family 
Code, as added by this Act.  Not later than January 2, 2005, the 
department shall submit a report on that evaluation to the 
legislature.